Archomental

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Archomental
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, they like to consider themselves as much and often grant themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess.

1 Evil Archomentals
2 Good Archomentals
3 Archomentals of Uncertain Alignment
4 Creative origins
5 References

[edit] Evil Archomentals

The evil archomentals are collectively known as the Princes of Elemental Evil. The five most famous include:

Cyronax: Prince of Evil Cold Creatures

Imix: Prince of Evil Fire Creatures

Ogrémoch: Prince of Evil Earth Creatures

Olhydra: Princess of Evil Water Creatures

Yan-C-Bin: Prince of Evil Air Creatures

[edit] Good Archomentals

The good archomentals are collectively known as the Elemental Princes of Good. The four most famous include:

Ben-Hadar: Prince of Good Water Creatures

Chan: Princess of Good Air Creatures

Entemoch and Sunnis: Prince and Princess of Good Earth Creatures

Zaaman Rul: Prince of Good Fire Creatures

[edit] Archomentals of Uncertain Alignment

Three other archomentals are mentioned in Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987). Only their names and planes are given; it is unknown if they are evil or good.

Bwimb: Prince of Ooze Creatures

Chlimbia: Prince of Magma Creatures

Ehkahk: Prince of Smoke Creatures

[edit] Creative origins

The Elemental Princes of Evil were created by Lewis Pulsipher for the 1981 Fiend Folio.

[edit] References

Cook, Monte. "Four in Darkness: A Guide to Elemental Evil." Dragon #285 (Paizo Publishing, 2001).
- Cook, Monte. Monstrous Compendium Planescape Compendium III (TSR, 1998).
- Cook, Monte. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).

Cook, Monte, and William W. Connors. The Inner Planes (TSR, 1998).

Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987).

Grubb, Jeff, Bruce R. Cordell, and David Noonan. Manual of the Planes (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).

Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Evil: The Archomentals." Dragon #347 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Good: The Archomentals, Part II." Dragon #353 (Paizo Publishing, 2007).

Mentzer, Frank. Egg of the Phoenix (TSR, 1982).

Mentzer, Frank, and Paul Jaquays. Egg of the Phoenix (TSR, 1987).

Mona, Erik. "The Whispering Cairn." Dungeon #124, (Paizo Publishing, 2005).

Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981).

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